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NameEuronext Brussels
CountryBelgium
Number of listed companies206
Domestic market capitalization363,958 million US$
SSE Partner ExchangeYes
Has annual sustainability reportYes
  • There is a chapter in the annual report dedicated to sustainability activities, find all reports here.

ESG reporting required as a listing ruleYes
Has written guidance on ESG reportingYes

Offers ESG related trainingYes
Through the Euronext Academy, see more details here.

Market covered by sustainability-related indexYes
  • See the list of ESG indices on the Euronext website here.

Has sustainability bond listing segmentYes
  • Euronext ESG Bonds is a community of ESG bond issuers where green, sustainability, social, blue and sustainability-linked bonds listed on all Euronext locations are consolidated onto one highly visible area. Details of the securities here.
  • As of January 2021, Euronext is home to 420 ESG bonds from 150 issuers across the globe including sovereigns, development banks, municipals, government-backed entities, financial institutions, corporates, pure play issuers.

Has SME listing platformYes
  • Euronext Growth, Euronext Access, Euronext Access+. More information here.

Women on boards mandatory minimum ruleNo
Additional informationEuronext supports climate friendly innovations by financing Cleantech SMEs benefitting from major Euronext initiatives:

  • TechShare: 27 Cleantech have followed the program on how to leverage capital markets
  • Tech40 Index: 10% of this increasingly important index is made up of Cleantech SMEs
  • Morningstar: the program fully covers the scope of Cleantech SME issuers (55)

Organizational model of stock exchange
  • Listed company for profit; demutualized in 2000

Regulatory bodies

Regulatory modelGovernment (Statutory) Model

  • The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) classifies Euronexts European cash markets as a regulated market. As such, the real-time monitoring performed by Euronexts cash market operations and technical support is formally enforced, and trading rules and procedures are approved by five regulators. This regulatory and organizational system gives Euronext the power to efficiently manage crisis situations and extraordinary circumstances. Some of the markets organized by Euronext are exchange regulated, which means they are subject to a body of rules laid down by the market operator, Euronext. They are not regulated markets as defined by The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). These structured, exchange regulated markets offer simplified access to financial markets and streamlined listing requirements for companies from every sector of the economy, while ensuring compliance with rules on investor disclosure and the control of financial information. (Source)

About the stock exchangeLocation of the listed holding: Brussels, Belgium
  • Euronext Brussels is governed by the Belgian Law of 21 November 2017 on the market infrastructures for financial instruments and transposing Directive 2014/65/EU. Accordingly to the Law, Euronext Brussels is responsible for matters such as the organisation of the markets and the admission, suspension and exclusion of members and has been appointed by law as the competent authority for listing matters within the meaning of EU Directive 2001/34/EC dated 28 May 2001. Euronext Brussels is subject to the supervision of the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), an independent public authority which strives to ensure the honest and equitable treatment of financial consumers and the integrity of the financial markets. Euronext is the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, spanning Belgium, France, Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK and Ireland. Created in 2000, it unites markets which date back to the start of the 17th century. It is the primary exchange in the Euro zone with nearly 1,500 listed issuers worth more than 4.5 trillion in market capitalization as of end May 2019, an unmatched blue chip franchise consisting of 20+ issuers in the Morningstar Eurozone 50 Index and a strong diverse domestic and international client base

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